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in November, Jack was put into a badger earth 

 about 12 o'clock, and as he did not stay very long 

 in one place, seemingly hustling the badger about 

 underground, a bitch was sent in to assist him, with 

 the idea that she might corner the game. As it 

 happened there were two badgers in the earth, 

 the bitch finding one of them not far underground, 

 and near to where a trench was being dug. This 

 badger, however, shifted his position, and when the 

 bitch came out of the earth nothing, for a time, 

 could be detected of the old dog. Then he was 

 heard "baying" a long way in the earth, but as 

 evening approached and it began to grow dark, all 

 was quite quiet again. 



Assistance was obtained from the neighbouring 

 village in order that Jack should be reached if 

 possible, and just as a relay of diggers arrived the 

 terrier was faintly heard not far from one of the 

 openings, and here he was found, so terribly 

 exhausted as to be almost incapable of crawling out. 

 He had been underground for six and a half hours, 

 and was of course severely bitten and torn. The 

 nature of his injuries was not however discovered till 

 next day, when, having been taken home, surgical 

 assistance was called in. The veterinarian gave 

 little hopes of recovery, as Jack was so terribly 

 punished through the lower jaw, it being likened to 



